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Lucky Star Paper Strips

Paper strips sized for origami lucky stars: tie a knot, wrap the tail round the pentagon and pinch the sides in. Print on patterned paper; jars of them make gifts and decorations.

Lucky star strips — change shape

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Put a logo, photo or pattern straight onto the box — most free template sites give you the outline and stop there. Drag it where you want it; it is trimmed to the cut lines so nothing prints off the card, and it stays in your browser.

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Bigger than the paper? Each piece prints whole on its own sheet. A single piece is never split: pick bigger paper or a smaller size. More about printing

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Drop a picture anywhere on the drawingTap “Add a picture” below to print your own design on this box.

Print at 100% (“actual size”), never “fit to page”, or the box comes out the wrong size.

The lucky star strips template, flat and folded

Lucky star strips template — free printable dieline with cut and fold lines, any size
The printable dieline at its standard size. Type your own size above for yours.
Lucky star strips folded up from the template — the finished piece
The box it folds into.

What this template is for

Paper strips sized for origami lucky stars: tie a knot, wrap the tail round the pentagon and pinch the sides in. Print on patterned paper; jars of them make gifts and decorations.

Also called origami lucky star · lucky star strips · paper star strips · wishing stars — all the same shape, and this is it.

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same lucky star strips at the same size — only the format changes.

PDF printing at home
Print at 100 per cent, or hand it to a print shop as "actual size, no scaling".
PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate
Upload, lock it in place and design your lucky star strips on top. Free plan and phone included. Full Canva walkthrough →
SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity
Vector, with cuts, folds and labels on separate layers. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters
Two layers, CUT and FOLD — and the one free Silhouette Studio Basic will open.

Getting it printed properly →

Printing it

  1. Type your size above, then download the PDF.
  2. Print at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
  3. Too big for the paper? Pick your paper size and leave Fit the pieces to the page ticked: each piece gets its own place on a sheet and the PDF comes out with every page in it, nothing cut in half and nothing to tape.

How to put it together

These pictures are the lucky star strips itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.

  1. Cut the solid lines

    Every solid line is a cut. Do the inside shapes first, while the sheet is still whole and easy to hold.

  2. Score every dashed line

    Dashed lines are folds. Score each one first — an empty ballpoint against a ruler — or the card cracks along the outside of the bend.

  3. STRIPS

    Fold, glue and hold

    Cut the strips. Tie a loose knot near one end and flatten it gently into a pentagon, tucking the short end inside. Wrap the long end round the pentagon, following its edges, until a short tail is left; tuck it in. Pinch each of the five edges in with a fingernail so the star puffs up.

Glue: a glue stick for paper, white PVA on card — hold each seam thirty seconds, and let the box dry standing up.

Questions about the lucky star strips

What size strip makes a lucky star?
The usual strip is about 20 times as long as it is wide; the 13 × 250 mm strips this opens with make a small star that fits a fingertip. A wider strip makes a bigger star; keep the length about 20 times the width.
Which paper should I use?
Thin paper — 80 gsm copier paper is fine. Print a pattern or colour on it first, and the finished stars come out patterned.
How many fit on a sheet?
Sixteen strips of 13 × 250 mm print on two A4 or US Letter sheets, laid lengthways.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the lucky star strips. It is trimmed to the cut outline, embedded properly in the PDF, and never leaves your computer — most free template sites hand you the outline and stop there. How printing your own design works.

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